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2021 Map of Bridgeport NW

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Bridgeport NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

The North Platte River corridors of Morrill County are defined here by a sophisticated network of early twentieth-century irrigation engineering. Broad ribbons of water, including the Belmont Canal, Alliance Canal, Empire Canal, and Chimney Rock Canal, parallel the river's course, illustrating the intensive agricultural development of the Nebraska panhandle. These man-made waterways are supplemented by drainage systems such as Camp Clarke Drain and DeGraw Drain, which manage the low-lying valley lands.

Small rural settlements and railroad-adjacent locales like Atkins, Mohler, and DeGraw dot the landscape near these irrigation routes. In the southeastern portion of the survey, the Oregon Trail Memorial Park Cem serves as a significant landmark, marking the historic overland migration route through the valley. The map details the transition from the river bottomlands to the higher breaks and drainages like Red Willow Creek and Indian Cr to the north.